My Take
Narciso Yepes is one of those musicians who makes you stop whatever you're doing the moment he starts playing — there's a gravity to his tone that nobody else quite had. Born in Lorca, Spain in 1927, he became famous worldwide after his recording of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez in 1954, a performance that still sounds definitive decades later. What I find most fascinating about Yepes is his obsession with acoustic science: he commissioned a ten-string guitar so he could achieve natural resonance on notes that the standard six-string simply can't sustain properly. That's not a gimmick — that's a craftsman refusing to accept a limitation. His film work, including the haunting theme for Forbidden Games, showed he could reach mass audiences without dumbing anything down. An absolute giant, gone too soon in 1997.
Overview
Narciso Yepes (14 November 1927 – 3 May 1997) was a Spanish guitarist. He is considered one of the finest virtuoso classical guitarists of the twentieth century.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Narciso Yepes
- Name (Japanese)
- ナルシソ・イエペス
- Reading
- なるしそ・いえぺす
- Born
- November 14, 1927 – May 3, 1997
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Lorca, Region of Murcia, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- guitarist / composer / lutenist / classical guitarist / film score composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1980 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
- 1977 honorary doctorate of the University of Murcia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.